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Jiah Khan was murdered, alleges mother

It is now four months since the young
actress Jiah Khan met with an unnatural death. The actress was found hanging in
her room. A number of speculations arose concerning the cause of her death.
Jiah had debuted on the silver screen against no less a personality than
Amitabh Bachchan in the film Nishabd where she played his love interest
as well as a friend of his duagter. The controversial role created quite a stir.
But after this her career went downhill. Some suggested that Jiah was depressed
about her career and committed suicide.

However, Jiah’s mother Rabia Amin was
not ready to accept this. The attention soon turned to Jiah’s boyfriend with
who she was found to have an abusive relationship. Young Sooraj Pancholi is the
son of actor Aditya Pancholi who is now based in America. It was alleged that
Sooraj regularly tortured and abused Jiah which forced the actress to take her
own life.

As the investigation has stalled
somewhat, Jiah’s mother Rabia Amin has filed a petition with the Bombay High
Court. In the petition she alleged that her daughter was probably murdered and
her death was then made to look like suicide. In her petition it is stated that
a person who commits suicide would have eyes popping and tongue protruding but
this was not the case with Jiah. Moreover, there were various injuries on the
face and body of the actress which cannot be explained by suicide. A bruise on
the left arm and another on the side of her lips suggest that she was hit
before she died. Finally, no lung or brain hemorrhage was notice in Jiah as
revealed by the autopsy. Such hemorrhage is expected in case of a suicide.

Rabiah alleged that the main suspect
is Sooraj Pancholi who has an influential family. This family is actually
managing the investigation so that the truth is never revealed and nobody is
punished in connection with the death of Jiah Khan. She said that she has
strong reasons to suspect that the police probe was intentionally carried out
in such a way that the death was made to look like suicide rather than homicide
as the medical evidence suggests. She she has demanded a CBI probe into the
matter.

The petition was filed on 1st October and will come up for hearing before
a single judge bench next week.